Pseudo-scholarship

Pseudo-scholarship (from pseudo- and scholarship) is a term used to describe work (e.g., publication, lecture) or a body of work that is presented as, but is not, the product of rigorous and objective study or research; the act of producing such work; or the pretended learning upon which it is based.

Examples of pseudo-scholarship include:


 * Pseudoarchaeology
 * Pseudohistory
 * Pseudolinguistics
 * Pseudomathematics
 * Pseudophilosophy
 * Pseudoscience